Privacy Policy
Thank you for choosing Platter as your preferred tool to manage your company’s knowledge. We understand the importance of protecting your privacy and are committed to safeguarding your personal data. This privacy policy explains how we collect, use, and share your personal data when you use our Platform. By using our Platform, you agree to the terms and conditions of this privacy policy. If you do not agree with this policy, then please do not access or use our services.
1. What information do we collect?
We collect the following type of personal data when you use our platform:
Information provided by you
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Account and profile information:
We collect information about you when you register for an account, create or modify your profile, set preferences, sign-up for or make purchases through the Platform. For example, you provide your contact information and, in some cases, billing information, when you register for the Platform. You also have the option of adding a display name, profile photo, job title, and other details to your profile information to be displayed on our Platform. We keep track of your preferences when you select settings within the Platform.
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The content you provide through our Platform:
We collect other content that you submit to our platform, for example, you provide content to us when you provide feedback or when you participate in any interactive features, surveys, contests, promotions, sweepstakes, activities, or events.
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Payment information:
We collect payment and billing information when you register for our certain paid services provided within the Platform. For example, we ask you to designate a billing representative, including name and contact information, upon registration. You might also provide payment information, such as payment card details, which we collect via secure payment processing services.
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Email usage within the Platform:
Platter’s prompt bar feature only shows results that a user has access to. Each user authenticates via SSO and Platter maintains all permission access based on an email address. The Platter app will only use emails in order to enforce permissions on documents presented to users.
Information collected automatically
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Your use of the Platform
We keep track of certain information about you when you visit and interact with our Platform. This information includes the features you use; the links you click on; the type, size, and filenames of attachments you upload to the Services; frequently used search terms; and how you interact with others on the Platform. We also collect information about the teams and people you work with and how you work with them, like who you collaborate with and communicate with most frequently.
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Device and connection information
We collect information through your device about your operating system, browser type, IP address, URLs of referring/exit pages, device identifiers, and crash data. We use your IP address and/or country preference in order to approximate your location to provide you with a better Platform experience.
Information we receive from other sources
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Other services you link to your account:
When you or your administrator link a third-party service with our Platform, we obtain information about you. This includes if you use your Google credentials to create an account or log into the Platform, in which case we receive your name and email address from your Google profile settings to authenticate you. Additionally, you or your administrator may integrate our Platform with other services you use, enabling you to access, store, share, and edit specific content from a third-party through our Platform. As an example, you may authorize our Platform to access, display, and store files from a third-party document-sharing service within the Platform interface. Or you may authorize our Platform to connect with a third-party calendaring service or to sync a contact list or address book so that your meetings and connections are available to you through the Platform, so you can invite others to collaborate with you on our Platform or so your organization can limit access to certain users. Your administrator may also authorize our Platform to connect with a third-party reporting service so your organization can review how the Platform is being used. The information we receive when you link or integrate our Platform with a third-party service depends on the settings, permissions, and privacy policy controlled by that third-party service. You should always check the privacy settings and notices in these third-party services to understand what data may be disclosed to us or shared with our Platform.
2. How do we use the information we collect?
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To provide our platform and personalize your experience:
To deliver a wide range of services to you, we utilize your personal information, which may include processing transactions, verifying your identity when you sign in, offering customer support, and managing and enhancing the performance of the Platform. Our Platform offers personalized features that aim to enhance your experience, productivity, and collaboration skills by analyzing your team's activities. This enables us to provide search results, activity feeds, notifications, connections, and recommendations that are tailored to your needs and those of your team. As an illustration, we may leverage your job title and past activities to deliver search results that we believe are pertinent to your role.
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Research and development purposes:
We continuously strive to enhance the quality and functionality of our Platform. By leveraging information and insights gained from user feedback and usage patterns, we can identify opportunities to optimize our Platform performance, make them more secure, and seamlessly integrate new features. This information allows us to pinpoint areas for improvement and to develop innovative products and technologies that benefit our users and society as a whole. For instance, to enhance the @mention function, we analyze users' recent interactions and frequency of @mentions to provide the most relevant connections. We also evaluate commonly used search terms to improve the accuracy and appropriateness of suggested topics when using the search feature. We also test and analyze certain new features with some users before rolling the feature out to all users.
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To communicate with you about the Platform performance:
We utilize your contact details to facilitate various transactional communications through email and within our platform. These communications include confirming your purchases, reminding you about subscription expirations, addressing your comments, questions, and requests, offering customer support, and delivering technical notices, updates, security alerts, and administrative messages. In addition, we send email notifications to keep you informed about interactions involving you on our platform. We personalize our communications based on your activity and engagement with our platform. This means that certain actions you perform within our platform may trigger relevant features or suggestions for third-party apps that can simplify your tasks. Furthermore, as you onboard to specific services, we provide tailored communications to assist you in becoming more proficient with their usage. Please note that these communications are integral to our platform, and in most cases, opting out of them is not possible. However, if there is an opt-out option available, you can find it within the communication itself or in your account settings.
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Customer support:
We utilize your information to address any technical issues you may encounter, respond to your requests for assistance, analyze crash data, and enhance the platform's performance. In cases where you grant us explicit permission, we may share information with third-party experts to ensure timely and effective support.
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Safety and Security:
Your information and Service usage data are employed to verify accounts and activities, detect and prevent potential security incidents, and promptly respond to any actual security threats. We also employ monitoring measures to safeguard against malicious, deceptive, fraudulent, or illegal activities, including violations of Service policies.
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Protection of our business interests and legal rights:
In compliance with applicable laws and to safeguard our legitimate business interests, as well as the rights and interests of others, we may use your information for purposes such as legal claims, regulatory compliance, audits, and disclosures related to business acquisitions, mergers, or sales.
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With your consent:
We respect your consent and may use information about you for specific purposes not mentioned above, but only with your explicit permission. For instance, if you grant us authorization, we may publish testimonials or showcase customer stories to promote our platform. Your consent plays a crucial role in such cases, ensuring that your information is used appropriately and in line with your preferences.
3. How do we share the information we collect?
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Sharing with other Platter users
When you use our platform, we share certain information about you with other Platter users. For example, for collaboration purposes, You have the ability to generate content that might include personal information about you. By adjusting the settings that you or your administrator (if applicable) choose, you can determine who can view, share, edit, copy, and download that content. In certain cases, when you share or engage with specific content, certain collaboration features within our platform may display some or all of your profile information to other users of the platform. This allows for seamless interaction and collaboration among users.
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Sharing with third parties
We do not sell any information to third parties. However, we share information with certain third parties (OpenAI and Pinecone) that help us operate our service (please review the Storage and Security section below).
4. How do we store and secure the information we collect?
Information storage and security
We employ standard technical and organizational measures in the industry to ensure the security of the information we store. We store the usage data inside of an encrypted database, inaccessible from the internet.
Additionally, for our public solution, we leverage third-party services (OpenAI). Textual chunk from user’s files is processed using our third-party, OpenAI API to obtain answers. However, for our on-premises solution, we provide our proprietary model, which is based on publicly available models and is installed directly on the customer’s side deployment server, not on our cloud server. This means that no data is sent to third-party tools. On the other hand, Pinecone is used to store vector databases from the user’s file.
How long do we keep the information
How long we keep the information we collect about you depends on the type of information. Upon reaching a certain point, we will either delete or de-identify your information. In cases where deletion is not immediately feasible, such as when information is stored in backup archives, we will securely store your information and isolate it to prevent any further use until deletion becomes possible.
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Account information:
We will retain your account information for the duration of your active account and for a reasonable period afterward in case you choose to reactivate using our services.
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Information you share on the platform:
In the event that your account is deactivated or disabled, certain information and content you have provided will be retained to ensure that your team members or other users can continue to fully utilize our services.
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Managed accounts:
If our services are accessed through an organization (such as your employer), we will retain your information for the duration specified by the account administrator.
5. Indemnification
You have the right to exercise certain rights regarding your information. This includes the right to request a copy of your information, object to how we use your information, request the deletion or restriction of your information, or request your information in a structured, electronic format.
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Access and update your information
Through Platter, you have the ability to access specific information about yourself within Platter. For instance, you can utilize the search functionality to find data from different indexed sources by searching for your name.
If you wish to update your information, you can do so directly within the respective data sources. Once you make changes in those sources, our system will automatically reflect the updates, usually within a few minutes.
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Deactivate your account
If you no longer wish to utilize our services, it is possible for your administrator to deactivate your account. In such cases, please reach out to your administrator for assistance. If you are an administrator and are unable to deactivate an account using the available settings, kindly contact us via email or through the product feedback feature.
Please note that deactivating your account does not result in the deletion of your information. Your information will still be visible to other users based on your previous interactions within Platter.
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Opt out of communication
From time to time, we may send you emails containing product updates or relevant information. If you prefer not to receive such emails, you can easily opt-out by using the unsubscribe link provided.